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Israeli therapist in disaster-hit Miyagi Pref.

SENDAI, Japan - Nira Mizrahi (C left), a therapist of the Israel Forum for International Humanitarian Aid, an Israeli humanitarian relief group, gives a talk in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2011, on art therapy for children affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Israel is known for its advanced knowledge and care for people with post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Clark International Airport in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines - Photo taken Nov. 9, 2011, shows Clark International Airport, a former U.S. air base, in Pampanga, north of Manila, the Philippines, which became an airport for joint military and civilian use after the U.S. forces left the base in November 1991.

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Japanese aid worker Konnai returns from quake-hit Turkey

NARITA, Japan - Miyuki Konnai, a 32-year-old Japanese aid worker, on Nov. 16, 2011, shows a piece of debris which she brought back from quake-hit Turkey, during a press conference at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture. Konnai, a member of the Association for Aid and Relief, Japan, was rescued after a hotel where she was staying collapsed in the earthquake that hit eastern Turkey on Nov. 9, 2011. Konnai had been engaging in relief efforts after a major quake in October devastated the area.

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ADB chief Kuroda in Honolulu

HONOLULU, United States - Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Nov. 9, 2011. Speaking about the 2012 economic trend in Asia, Kuroda said a downward revision of the region's growth forecast will be necessary if the European debt crisis continues. Kuroda was visiting the U.S. city to attend a meeting of finance ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

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Japanese wins world cocktail title

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in May 2010 shows Takafumi Yamada, a Japanese bartender who won the World Cocktail Championship in Poland on Nov. 9, 2011, with an original cocktail on the theme of reconstruction from the March 11 disaster in Japan. Yamada said he created the vodka-based cocktail, Great Sunrise, in hope that ''a wonderful sunrise will shine all over Japan.''

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Tents in Trafalgar Square

LONDON, Britain - Photo shows tents set up on Nov. 9, 2011, in London's Trafalgar Square by students opposing university tuition fee increases. Police soon removed the tents and arrested about 20 people.

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Hiroshima gov. meets U.N. chief

NEW YORK, United States - Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki (2nd from L) and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (far R) hold talks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Nov. 9, 2011. Yuzaki said that the U.N. chief backed his ''Hiroshima for Global Peace'' plan during their meeting as part of the governor's North American tour to promote it. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Hiroshima gov. meets U.N. chief

NEW YORK, United States - Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki (L) and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon shake hands at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Nov. 9, 2011. Yuzaki said that the U.N. chief backed his ''Hiroshima for Global Peace'' plan during their meeting as part of the governor's North American tour to promote it. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Artist Murakami, actor Watanabe at N.Y. quake-relief auction

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese artist Takashi Murakami (L) and actor Ken Watanabe (C) speak with reporters after an auction at Christie's in New York to raise funds for the victims of the March 11 disaster in Japan, on Nov. 9, 2011. Watanabe read a poem, ''Ame ni mo makezu (Undaunted by Rain),'' by Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933), in English and Japanese, at the start of the auction featuring contemporary artworks by Murakami and others.

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DPJ task force compiles proposal on TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Masahiko Yamada (3rd from R, front), a lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, speaks on Nov. 9, 2011, during a press conference in Tokyo after the party's project team compiled a proposal on Japan's stance on talks for a Pacific free trade agreement. Yamada, a former farm minister, is known for being a staunch opponent of Japan's participation in negotiations for the pact known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

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Quake-relief auction in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - A work by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami is displayed for auction at Christie's in New York on Nov. 9, 2011. A collection of contemporary artworks by Murakami and others fetched nearly $9 million in the auction to raise funds for the victims of the March 11 disaster in Japan, Christie's said.

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DPJ task force compiles proposal on TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Seiji Maehara, policy chief of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, speaks with reporters on Nov. 9, 2011, in Tokyo after the party's project team compiled a proposal on Japan's stance on talks for a Pacific free trade agreement. Maehara said that Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has the discretion to decide whether Japan should join talks for the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership pact.

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Japan picks up 3rd win at women's volleyball World Cup

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japan's Nana Iwasaka (10) reacts after the team scored during the third set of a match against the Dominican Republic at the women's volleyball World Cup in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Nov. 9, 2011. Japan won the match 25-20, 25-19, 25-16 for its third win in five matches, which moved the country up to sixth place in the 12-team, round-robin standings.

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Building housing Olympus head office

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 9, 2011, shows the building housing the head office of Olympus Corp. in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.

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Brad Pitt meets boys from Miyagi Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - American movie star Brad Pitt poses with boys who play baseball and were invited from quake- and tsunami-hit Miyagi Prefecture at a promotional event for the film ''Moneyball'' in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2011. Pitt who plays the role of Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics in the MLB, gave them baseballs with his autograph.

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Brad Pitt meets boys from Miyagi Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - American movie star Brad Pitt talks with boys who play baseball and were invited from quake- and tsunami-hit Miyagi Prefecture at a promotional event for the film ''Moneyball'' in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2011. Pitt who plays the role of Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics in the MLB, gave them baseballs with his autograph.

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Passengers get off a bus on a flooded road in Bangkok on Nov. 9, 2011.

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - People move by car on a flooded road in Bangkok on Nov. 9, 2011.

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Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Hollywood star couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie pose for photos in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2011, at a promotional event for the film ''Moneyball.'' Pitt stars as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics, in the movie.

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Supercomputer 'K'

KOBE, Japan - The supercomputer ''K'' is shown to reporters in Kobe on Nov. 9, 2011. The system jointly developed by Riken, a Japanese state-backed research institute, and Fujitsu Ltd. has achieved its goal of performing at 10 petaflops, or 10 quadrillion computations per second, breaking its own record as the world's fastest computer.

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Dosimeter for pregnant women in Fukushima

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Photo shows the type of dosimeter that the Minamisoma city government in Fukushima Prefecture began lending on Nov. 9, 2011, for free to pregnant women concerned at exposure to radiation following the devastating explosions in March at the nearby Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Supercomputer 'K'

KOBE, Japan - The supercomputer ''K'' is shown to reporters in Kobe on Nov. 9, 2011. The system jointly developed by Riken, a Japanese state-backed research institute, and Fujitsu Ltd. has achieved its goal of performing at 10 petaflops, or 10 quadrillion computations per second, breaking its own record as the world's fastest computer.

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Meeting of DPJ task force on TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Former trade minister Yoshio Hachiro (C), head of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's project team on whether to join negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade framework, speaks at a meeting of the team in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2011, while Seiji Maehara (L, facing), the DPJ's policy chief, and others applaud.

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Free rental dosimeters for pregnant women

MINAMISOMA, Japan - The city government of Minamisoma in Fukushima Prefecture on Nov. 9, 2011, started a free rental service offering watch-type radiation dosimeters for pregnant women in the city. The city is located in the vicinity of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Nippon Ham Fighters' new manager Kuriyama

SAPPORO, Japan - Nippon Ham Fighters' new manager Hideki Kuriyama speaks during his inaugural press conference in Sapporo on Nov. 9, 2011.

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Suntory's 1-million-yen whisky

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows ''The Yamazaki Single Malt Whisky Aged 50 Years'' which Suntory Holdings Ltd. announced on Nov. 9, 2011, it will sell at a price of 1 million yen per bottle. The company began accepting orders for the 150 limited edition the same day and will start shipping from Dec. 13 or later.

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Dushanbe Central Stadium covered with snow

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan - Photo shows the snow-covered pitch at Dushanbe Central Stadium in the capital of Tajikistan on Nov. 9, 2011. The men's national soccer team of Japan will play Tajikistan in a World Cup qualifier at the stadium on Nov. 11, 2011.

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Making dried persimmons in disaster-hit Ofunato

OFUNATO, Japan - Fruits from persimmon trees in an area hit by the March 11 tsunami are dried Nov. 9, 2011, in front of a gathering place at a temporary housing site in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, for people affected by the disaster.

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Snow shoveling at Dushanbe Central Stadium

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan - A man shovels snow at Dushanbe Central Stadium in the capital of Tajikistan on Nov. 9, 2011. The men's national soccer team of Japan will play Tajikistan in a World Cup qualifier at the stadium on Nov. 11, 2011.

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Bras cheering for Nadeshiko

TOKYO, Japan - Models in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2011, wear ''bras cheering for Nadeshiko'' which were unveiled by Triumph International Japan Ltd., a major women's underwear maker. Nadeshiko, or Japanese pink, is said to represent an ideal of Japanese womanhood and is the nickname of the Japan women's national soccer team that won the 2011 World Cup. The bras were designed to fit the team's image, with artificial nadeshiko flowers on a background of blue, which is the team color, the company says.

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Ikenobo school flower arrangement exhibition

KYOTO, Japan - Senei Ikenobo, the 45th head of the Ikenobo school of flower arrangement, looks at works of pupils at a flower arrangement exhibition by the school at Takashimaya Co. department store in Kyoto city on Nov. 9, 2011. The exhibition began the same day as a memorial event of the 550th anniversary in 2012 of the school's foundation.

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Thai PM Yingluck thanks Japan's support

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (L) shakes hands with a Japanese waterworks expert at Bang Khen water treatment plant in Bangkok on Nov. 9, 2011. During the visit, she expressed gratitude to Japanese Ambassador to Thailand Seiji Kojima for Japan's technical support in water management as Thailand battles massive flooding.

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Ostrich near Fukushima nuclear plant

TOMIOKA, Japan - An ostrich hovering on a road is viewed from the window of a bus carrying reporters near a fishing port in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2011. The ostrich is believed to be the one that fled from a farm near Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which was severely damaged by explosions following the March quake-tsunami disaster.

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Baseball legend Cal Ripken Jr. in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Major league Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. (L) attends a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2011. Ripken plans to hold baseball clinics in areas hit by the March quake-tsunami disaster to support children through baseball. On the right is Japanese former pro baseball player Sachio Kinugasa, who will take part in the clinics.

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SDF tank transport drill

OITA, Japan - Tanks and armored vehicles of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force are unloaded from a ferry (back) at Oita port in Oita Prefecture on Nov. 9, 2011. The civilian ferry arrived in the port in southwestern Japan the same day from Hokkaido, northern Japan, carrying 52 armored vehicles and tanks as part of a transportation drill.

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Japan's new PM, first lady

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 9, 2003, shows Yoshihiko Noda (L) and his wife Hitomi (R) celebrating Noda's victory in a House of Representatives election in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture. Noda launched his Cabinet on Sept. 2, 2011, succeeding Naoto Kan as Japan's prime minister.